List of Roman governors of Roman Cyprus
This is a list of governors of Roman Cyprus, compiled from known inscriptions and surviving texts both literary and documentary. Until the reign of Diocletian, Cyprus was governed by a pro praetor with proconsular authority.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| before 16 BC[1] | Lucius Tarius Rufus |
| before 1 BC | Aulus Plautius |
| between 31 BC and AD 14 | P. Paquius Scaeva |
| before AD 14 | Aulus Didius Postumus
|
| before AD 14 | M. Vehilius |
| before c. 40 | Gaius Ummidius Durmius Quadratus |
| after 29 | L. Axius Naso |
| between 14 and 37 | M. Verg[ilius ?] |
| between 14 and 37 | C. Lucretius Rufus |
| 42/43 | T. Cominius Proculus |
| 46/48 | Lucius Sergius Paulus
|
| middle 1st century | Titius Clodius Eprius Marcellus |
| 65 | Q. Julius Cordus |
| 66 | Lucius Annius Bassus |
| middle 1st century | L. Vilius |
| middle 1st century | Vilius Milionius |
| 79/80 | [... Ma]rcius [...]tesinus[2] |
| 80/81 | Lucius Bruttius Maximus
|
| 81/82 | L. Plotius P[...] |
| between 70 and 95 | L. Pontius |
| 100/101 | Quintus Laberius Justus Cocceius Lepidus |
| 101/102 | Quintus Caelius Honoratus |
| 113/114 | Quintus Seppius Celer Marcus Titius Sassius Candidus |
| 115/116 or 116/117 | [...]gius Pate[rnus ?] |
| 122/123 | Gaius Calpurnius Flaccus |
| 125/126 | Paulus |
| between 118 and 138 | Tiberius Claudius Juncus |
| 1st half of 2nd century | Publius Cassius Longinus |
| between 138 and 180[3] | Tiberius Claudius Flavianus Titianus Quintus Vilius Proclus Lucius Marcius Celer Marcus Calpurnius Longus |
| c. 196/197[4] | ? D. Plautius Felix Julianus |
| 197/198 | Tiberius Claudius Subatianus Proculus |
| 198/199 | Audius Bassus |
| c. 200 | Appianus |
| between 193 and 211 | T. Caesernius Stati[a]nus [Quinc]tianus |
| c. 217 | (C.) Julius Avitus (Alexianus) |
| between 193 and 217 | ? Sex. Clodius [...]nianus |
| 217/218 | Tiberius Claudius Attalus Paterculianus |
| 3rd century[5] | Poblicola Priscus |
| 3rd century | Theodorus |
| unknown | L. Coelius Tarphinus |
References
- ^ Unless otherwise noted, governors from c. 31 BC to c. AD 69 are taken from Werner Eck, "Über die prätorischen Prokonsulate in der Kaiserzeit. Eine quellenkritische Überlegung", Zephyrus 23/24 (1972/73), pp. 250f
- ^ Eck, "Jahres- und Provinzialfasten der senatorischen Statthalter von 69/70 bis 138/139", Chiron, 13 (1983), p. 218
- ^ Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 265
- ^ Unless otherwise noted, governors from 193 to 217 are taken from Paul M. M. Leunissen, Konsuln und Konsulare in der Zeit von Commodus bis Severus Alexander (1989), pp. 299f
- ^ The following three governors are taken from Eck, "Über die prätorischen Prokonsulate", pp. 252f
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